Missouri students' test scores rise in science

Springfield schools' MAP test results will be released Friday

9:46 AM,
Aug. 21, 2013

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Across Missouri, student scores on annual assessment tests were up in science, flat in communication arts and mixed in math.

Overall math scores dropped slightly, but the percentage of students who scored proficient or advanced on end-of-course exams in algebra I were up.

State-level results on the 2013 Missouri Assessment Program - a series of mandated exams given in grades 3-12 - were released Tuesday, one day after they were presented to the state board of education. ...